Newly unsealed grand jury transcripts reveal jurors repeatedly challenged Illinois federal prosecutors' push for the indictment of protesters accused of impeding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's vehicle, with one juror calling the case "a crock of shit" and others questioning if a felony conspiracy charge was a stretch.
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Transcripts Show Missteps, Tension In ICE Protest Grand Jury

By Celeste Bott

Newly unsealed grand jury transcripts reveal jurors repeatedly challenged Illinois federal prosecutors' push for the indictment of protesters accused of impeding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's vehicle, with one juror calling the case "a crock of shit" and others questioning if a felony conspiracy charge was a stretch.

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$50M Atkore PVC Price-Fix Deal Receives Ill. Judge's Early OK

By Lauraann Wood

A $50 million settlement between Atkore Inc. and end users who claimed the polyvinyl chloride pipe maker participated in a price-fixing scheme during the height of the pandemic has cleared its first hurdle, receiving a judge's initial approval Wednesday in an Illinois federal court.

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Lab To Pay $4.9M To Settle AGs' COVID Test Pricing Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Eighteen states' attorneys general have entered into a $4.87 million settlement with GS Labs to resolve claims that the defunct testing company overcharged consumers for COVID-19 tests, according to statements issued Wednesday.

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States Say Trump's DEI Rule For Contractors Is Unclear, Illegal

By Ben Adlin

Attorneys general from 19 states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued numerous federal officials and agencies in an attempt to block the Trump administration's March 26 executive order prohibiting government contractors — including states — from engaging in "racially discriminatory" activity around diversity, equity and inclusion.

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ENFORCEMENT

Debt Co. Says Conn. Can't 'Second Guess' Law Firm Work

By Aaron Keller

An Illinois servicing company for a debt adjustment law firm has filed a new challenge to the Connecticut Department of Banking's attempts to regulate its conduct, asking a state judge to block an enforcement action seeking $100,000 for each alleged violation of state licensing rules.

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LITIGATION

Catalyst Investor Sues Over Proposed $4.1B Angelini Buyout

By Sydney Price

An investor of rare disease treatment company Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. is attempting to stop a buyout by Italian rival Angelini Pharma SpA, saying Catalyst's deficient proxy statement omits relevant information regarding potential conflicts in the proposed transaction.

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Abbott Offered Faulty Health Plan Option, Ex-Worker Says

By Patrick Hoff

Abbott Laboratories violated federal benefits law by offering a health plan option with higher premiums and lower deductibles without disclosing that participants would always pay less if they chose a high-deductible plan, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Illinois federal court.

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Judge Won't Certify Class Of Health Workers In No-Poach Suit

By Hailey Konnath

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to certify a class of former healthcare employees claiming that their wages were suppressed by alleged no-poach agreements among DaVita, UnitedHealth Group's Surgical Care Affiliates and Tenet Healthcare Corp. unit United Surgical Partners International, ruling that the proposed class is too diverse.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Law360 400

By Daniela Porat

Law360 is pleased to announce its list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.

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Widow Sues Podhurst Orseck Over $4M 737 Max Settlement

By Mike Curley

An Indonesian widow is suing Podhurst Orseck PA and one of its attorneys in Illinois federal court, alleging they failed to keep her informed or get her all the money she was entitled to in a $4 million settlement with Boeing over the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

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Kellogg Hansen Bests Susman Godfrey's Associate Pay Hikes

By Andrea Keckley

More litigation boutiques are joining the growing number of firms raising their base salaries for associates, with Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC exceeding the scale Susman Godfrey LLP set earlier this week.

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Mass. Attys Ding Watchdog's 'Myopic' Public Defense Report

By Julie Manganis

The leader of a group of Massachusetts attorneys who stopped taking court-appointed cases last year over what they say are inadequate hourly rates on Thursday slammed a state inspector general's highly critical report on the state's indigent defense system as "myopic."

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Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro Gets Fla. Law License Back

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.

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SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.

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Immigration Firm Says Attys Fraudulently Poached Clients

By Britain Eakin

A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.

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Mich. Judge Bullied Staff, Disciplinary Adjudicator Finds

By Melanie Dorsey

A suburban Detroit district judge violated court rules by withholding a court-ordered psychological evaluation report and repeatedly mistreating court staff, a retired judge serving as a neutral in disciplinary proceedings found, while rejecting several other claims of misconduct.

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Mich. Judge Denies Law Firm's Bid To Toss Data Breach Suit

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan law firm's bid to toss a proposed class action alleging that it allowed a cybersecurity breach that exposed its clients' personal and medical information was denied Thursday by a federal judge who also granted the lead plaintiff's request to amend his complaint.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Barnes & Thornburg

Bruning Law Group

Cheronis & Parente

Collins Bargione

Collins Einhorn

Cotsirilos Poulos

Elsberg Baker

Federman & Sherwood

FeganScott

Foley & Lardner

Gordon Rees

Holland & Knight

Holwell Shuster

Kaplan Fox

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Lieff Cabraser

Lisinski Law Firm

Lockridge Grindal

Lubin Austermuehle

Mayer Brown

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Nussbaum Law Group

Pearson Warshaw

Podhurst Orseck

Scott&Scott

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Taft Stettinius

Troutman

White & Case

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abbott Laboratories

DaVita Inc.

KKR & Co. Inc.

McAfee Inc.

Premera Blue Cross

Surgical Care Affiliates Inc.

TSR Inc.

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

The Florida Bar

TikTok Inc.

Tower Health

United Surgical Partners International Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Connecticut Department of Banking

Executive Office of the President

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Florida Supreme Court

Maryland Attorney General's Office

Michigan Supreme Court

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Nebraska Attorney General's Office

State of Michigan

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Washington Attorney General's Office